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 fuller lips Have you always wanted fuller lips?
Have your lips become thinner, drier and creased with age.
Do you have down-turned lip corners that make you look sad when you’re not?
If so, then you may have considered lip augmentation or a lip lift but you are concerned about the over-inflated Hollywood look. It is important to educate yourself on the various options available for lip rejuvenation and lip enhancement. It is also important to choose a doctor who is knowledgeable about the lip structure and function and is experienced in providing a natural looking lip enhancement.
An ounce of prevention…….
As with most conditions in medicine early preventative measures goes a long way in maintaining a nice looking lip. Smoking accelerate aging changes around the lips and leaves deep etched lines. Keeping the lips always moisturized maintains its hydration and volume.
Achieving a natural looking, fuller lips with lip injection
Of all the areas in the face where injectible fillers are used, the lips are the most likely to look injected. You’ve all seen the ducky-looking inflated lip on some Hollywood actresses. That look is easy to achieve by most practitioners, but to gain a well-shaped, natural-looking lip, the individual’s characteristics should be taken into account. Your characteristic smile, lip length, teeth position, lip shape and proportions, presence or absence of wrinkles and gum line are all important features to consider in planning lip injections.
In our practice, we use restylane, Juviderm or Radiesse to achieve the lip reshaping you desire. Our choice of injectible filler depends on the site of injection, depth of injection, skin thickness and the degree of augmentation desired.
Lip augmentation can be done after applying an anesthetic cream only or combined with a nerve block. Avoid aspirin, advil, ibuprofen and vitamin E at least 2 weeks before the procedure.
When minor surgery is an option for lip reshaping
Some individuals have aging changes in their lips that are better treated with surgery. A long thin upper lip can sometimes appear out of place when simply augmented with a filler. In such cases, a surgical lip lift may be the ideal procedure. In our practice we commonly use three different techniques for lip lift: Suture lip suspension Subnasal lip lift Corner lip lift A lip lift procedure takes 15 to 30 mintues and can be done under local anesthesia
Lip reduction Not all individuals want a fuller lip. Infact, many people complain of having fat lips. In well selected individuals lip reduction can yield a very satisfactory result. This is often done with incisions hidden under the lips.
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